Calif. Teacher Enforces ‘Bless You’ Ban For Classroom Sneezes

[Teh One Who Knocks]

CBS Channel 2 Los Angeles


SACRAMENTO (CBS) — A Northern California teacher is at the center of controversy after imposing penalties on his students for saying “bless you” in response to sneezing in his classroom.

Teacher Steve Cuckovich at Will C. Wood high school in Vacaville said the common courtesy is disrespectful and disruptive to classroom activity — but insists the ban has nothing to do with religion.

“When you sneeze, in the old days, they thought you were dispelling evil spirits out of your body, so they were saying, ‘God bless you’ for getting rid of the evil spirits,” said Cuckovich. “But today, I said, ‘Really what you’re doing doesn’t make any sense anymore’.”

Cuckovich started off the new school year by docking a student 25 points for saying the phrase in response to a sneeze.

Some parents were less than receptive to the new measure.

“Everybody has the right to their own beliefs, but they don’t have rights to impose those beliefs on other people, especially not school children,” said parent Alan Johnson.

The school’s principal has stated that the disciplinary measure will not be tolerated.

[Muddy]

This must be one of Porkys friends..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

This guy is a whack job

[Joebob034]

“Everybody has the right to their own beliefs, but they don’t have rights to impose those beliefs on other people, especially not school children,” said parent Alan Johnson.


:thumbsup:

[JoeyB]

Teacher Steve Cuckovich at Will C. Wood high school in Vacaville

Cuckovich at Will C. Wood high school

Will C. Wood high school

Snigger...

Will C. Wood

[Hal-9000]

So if they say gesundheit, does that mean they're nazi supporters and they get docked too?


When he says its has nothing to do with religion, that dork is lying in the face of God....

[deebakes]

:suicide:

[JoeyB]

Will C. Wood people! Think about it!

[redred]

ffs this whole world is going to shit trying to be PC

[Acid Trip]

That is NOT why people say bless you.


Gregory I became Pope in AD 590 as an outbreak of the bubonic plague was reaching Rome. In hopes of fighting off the disease, he ordered unending prayer and parades of chanters through the streets. At the time, sneezing was thought to be an early symptom of the plague. The blessing ("God bless you!") became a common effort to halt the disease.

Sneezing has nothing to do with demons.

[Hal-9000]

I always say - COVER YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU PIG!


it's like a blessing :)

[DemonGeminiX]

Sneezing has nothing to do with demons.

Yeah! Now quit pickin' on me when you've got colds you ignorant bastards!

8-[

[Muddy]

That is NOT why people say bless you.




Care to elaborate?

[PorkChopSandwiches]

This must be one of Porkys friends..

It was me, but I was fired for banging a 19 year old second year senior

[DemonGeminiX]

It was me, but I was fired for banging a 19 year old second year senior

:hand:

Stupid girls are way too easy.

[Acid Trip]

Care to elaborate?

People said "Bless You" as a blessing back when the bubonic plague was rampant. They thought sneezing was an early sign you'd caught the plague so when they said "Bless You" they were really saying "Holy shit I hope you don't have the plague and if you do I hope you get better!"

It's in the quote in my post above.

[Muddy]

People said "Bless You" as a blessing back when the bubonic plague was rampant. They thought sneezing was an early sign you'd caught the plague so when they said "Bless You" they were really saying "Holy shit I hope you don't have the plague and if you do I hope you get better!"

It's in the quote in my post above.


Oops, I thought you had quoted the first post..

[Hal-9000]

imma painting my face brown, saying fuck you after each time someone sneezes and then claiming ignorance about the custom :face:

[Muddy]

*praises the lord*

[PorkChopSandwiches]

*praises the lord*

please leave my classroom

[Hal-9000]

bless this!


*grabs crotch*

[KevinD]

Bless you, praise the Lord, and btw, pass the ammo!

[DemonGeminiX]

Dio vi benedica

[Godfather]

At first I agreed this guy was a nut... but I saw an interview with this guy... he seems like your average teacher, and well liked by his kids too.

The media blew the story.... the kids made a game out of sneezing. One kids sneezes, and 20 kids in the class all say "god bless you" one after the next. After this, the sneezee thanks every student in the class individually, taking minutes. They're disrupting the classroom intentionally. Exactly the type of shit you expect from elementary school shits :lol:

While he did argue that 'bless you' is outdated, that is not why he banned it. All this rhetoric in response like "what's next, no saying thank you?" is ridiculous. This is just about discipline, something teachers are already restricted enough on.